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Attorney Suing Feds Over Marijuana Prohibition Is ‘Hopeful’ The Supreme

A lead attorney representing marijuana businesses in a case that’s pending consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court says he’s “hopeful”—albeit somewhat “nervous”—about the prospect of justices taking up the matter and ultimately deciding to address a key legal question about the constitutionality of federal cannabis prohibition. Last month, the powerhouse law firm Boies Schiller Flexner…

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Massachusetts Lawmakers Approve Bill To Provide Employment Protections For Marijuana

Massachusetts lawmakers have advanced a bill to provide employment protections for people who use marijuana. Members of the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development on Friday passed the legislation from Rep. Chynah Tyler (D), sending it to the House Steering, Policy and Scheduling Committee for further consideration. This comes about two months after a…

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Election Day Decisions Could Reshape East Coast Cannabis Markets

On Tuesday, November 4, 2025, voters in multiple states will head to the polls. The outcomes of these elections will have major implications for cannabis policy on the East Coast. NORML’s cannabis voter guide, Smoke the Vote, provides summaries of cannabis-related policy positions for candidates in Virginia’s and New Jersey’s general elections, and for candidates…

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How I Got You Your Ounce: Inside New York’s Apartment-Dealer

In How I Got You Your Ounce, a memoir published in 2025 by BookBaby, a self-described “apartment dealer” known as Jimmy X recounts 53 years of selling marijuana in New York City. Written by Jimmy X” and Nan K. Chase with David Belmont, the book tracks cannabis from the mid-1960s through legalization, weaving social, legal…

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Nebraska Tribe Says State Officials Are Punishing It For Legalizing

“People need to understand that they are still fighting bitterly to the very end on this topic, even though I think Nebraska voters have spoken.” By Zach Wendling, Nebraska Examiner The Omaha Tribe of Nebraska is moving ahead with legalizing marijuana, a move the tribe’s attorney general says Nebraska officials used to suspend negotiations on…

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Minnesota Attorney General Defends Signing Letter Urging Congress To Ban

The Democratic attorney general of Minnesota is defending his decision to sign a letter to Congress along with 38 bipartisan colleagues from other states and U.S. territories that calls for a federal ban on the sale of intoxicating hemp products. Evidently receptive to criticism from the hemp industry and its supporters, Attorney General Keith Ellison…

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Pennsylvania’s Wild West Weed Market: 93% of ‘Legal Hemp’ Was

Pennsylvania just put data behind why clear standards matter. After a ten-month investigation across Montgomery, Bucks, and Chester counties, prosecutors found that nearly every “Farm Bill compliant” product sold in smoke shops was, in fact, regular marijuana. According to the findings, undercover officers purchased 144 hemp-branded products from retailers across the state. More than 93%…

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Seth Rogen Says Push To Ban Hemp THC Drinks Shows

Actor and cannabis icon Seth Rogen says the push to restrict or ban sales of THC beverages amid their rise in popularity shows that “clearly someone is very threatened by them.” But he expects the hemp drink market to prevail in response to consumer demand. Rogen, whose own cannabis brand Houseplant launched a line of…

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Anti-cannabis campaign accused of petition fraud (Newsletter: November 3, 2025)

Federal hemp debate; FL legalization campaign sues officials; Marijuana & guns brief in SCOTUS; Poll: Cannabis consumers like Target’s THC drinks move Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. Your support makes Marijuana Moment possible……

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Cannabis Allergies

When Weed Makes You Wheeze: The Reality of Cannabis Allergies I need to tell you something that might disappoint some cannabis enthusiasts: not everyone can use marijuana. Not because of drug tests, not because of legal restrictions, and not because of moral objections. Because their immune system treats cannabis like an invading pathogen and launches…

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